IT IS ALWAYS GOOD to see an Executive Mayor take a first hand interest in their borough – so it was good to see John Biggs spending his Saturday morning out and about with Cllr Ehtasham Haque on the Isle ...

THE ELECTION of Zara Mohammed as Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has been welcomed by the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF), which sent Ms Mohammed a letter of congratulation. The MPF also issued a statement congratulating Ms ...

HE HAD pleaded guilty last October to multiple charges of abusing children – including sexual assault on a girl and on a boy, both under ten years of age, and making and distributing indecent images of children. In January he ...

IT TAKES FLAIR and imagination to cover the curry industry during a pandemic, as caterers respond to lockdown after lockdown – all with ever changing restriction. However, Channel S reporter Mohammed Jubair has risen to the challenge – and he ...

THERE WAS ONE tiny ray of light in an otherwise sad and horrific story of a fatal collision in Barking, outside the Lidl supermarket in Ripple Road, Barking. The incident took place at around 5pm on Tuesday, 15th December 2020. ...

THURSDAY, 6th May is the date on which elections for the positions of London Mayor and Members of the Greater London Assembly will be held – one year after they were due to take place and postponed by the Covid ...

MOST LONDONERS are following the restrictions of the third lockdown – but a small number are involved in flagrant or silly breaches. In response, the Metropolitan Police have made it clear they will enforce the law. The need to keep ...

COVID CONTINUES – and so does the Island Network. Volunteers spent the first month of the new year delivering food supplies to elderly and vulnerable residents on the Isle of Dogs. The team of 15 volunteers, under the capable command ...

POLICE HOPE that members of the public will help them identify a man to whom they wish to speak in connection with an incident which took place in Beckton on Sunday, 6th December. It was just before midnight when a ...

IT’S A FIRST for the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) – which has just elected its first woman leader. She is Zara Mohammed. Also contesting the election was Ajmal Masroor, who was the runner up. The MCB is an umbrella ...